Reddit mods now just default to IP bans
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So I've discovered recently that instead the moderators and admins doing their due diligence, they'll just ban your IP. I can't wait for this to blow up in their face.
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That will be fun for VPN users
In before VPNs get labeled as against their TOS
Already can't use a VPN with reddit, so...
Thought it was just when not logged in not blanket blocks
Yeah, but if you aren't logged in and just need to quickly search stuff it blocks you. It has made me use it much less as a source of info, as I'm not gonna log in on multiple devices that don't support old reddit.
There are devices that don't support old? Til
"Stealth" is a useful tool for visiting Reddit. It's available on F-Droid. https://gitlab.com/cosmosapps/stealth
Otherwise using old.reddit with a browser has been a decent fallback.
As well as anyone using public wifi
As well as people under CGNAT or, as in my case, under ISPs who lease different addresses twice every week.
They're terrified of the tech savvy user, and that's funny to me
especially where Reddit are banned in some countries like China and Indonesia
VPNs have already been banned for quite some time.
They've been temp banning various VPN IPs for a few years now, giving you a network error when you try to access reddit through the browser from a flagged IP. Although it's been fine for the last couple weeks or so, but that might just be luck or the lack of me trying.
They could just block VPNs but how about a house/apartment with multiple reddit users? Coffee shops? Libraries? Offices?
This seems like it would come with a shitload of practical drawbacks, never mind the capricious nature of reddit bans in the first place.
Their ban reporting is straight up broken and regularly abused by botnets, this will make that problem even worse.